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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
Haacker: strategic planning in Alaska's Denali National Park. photo courtesy John Haacker Dimas: reaching a wider audience at Boston's Gardner Museum. photo courtesy Jennifer Dimas It's not often that an MBA student's research involves a... View Details
- Web
IT Strategy: Building and Fostering Our Community and Culture | Information Technology
backgrounds, who are passionate about effecting positive change within the organization. Throughout 2023, the Task Force worked together to build an action plan that would guide how we introduce and continue to drive forward various... View Details
- Portrait Project
Harman Kochar
If life could be planned I would have already – Eradicated Poverty from the World Controlled Global Warming Established World Peace Cured all Diseases Discovered the fountain of youth and last but not the least.... Built my mansion on... View Details
- Portrait Project
Frank Wei
the first transcontinental crossing of Antarctica. Despite meticulous planning and heroic efforts, Shackleton and his men never made it. Instead, they were stuck in ice for a year and had to abandon ship. Through his leadership and will,... View Details
- 30 Mar 2021
Industry Spotlight Series: From Automotive to HBS
Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School students formerly working in the Automotive Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like, how they plan to utilize their MBA, and maybe... View Details
- 20 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry
music, as major players make significant changes to their business model in an effort to adapt to technological changes. We are at a critical inflection point, and the opportunity to shape the direction of the industry inspires me greatly. What are your View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- Profile
Michelle Lee
enthusiastic beneficiaries of her talent encouraged her to start selling, she decided to give it a shot, launching a home bakery project called Treat House Bakery to bring the goodies from her kitchen to her circle of family, friends and fans. But her View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
Somerville, Massachusetts, needed advice on how to make the nonprofit more cost-effective, he might have considered attending business school. But he didn’t have to. Harvard Business School came to him in the form of alumni who have helped him develop a new strategic... View Details
Anthony J. F. O'Reilly
When he took the helm of Heinz in 1979, O’Reilly pursued an aggressive expansion plan including a reinvestment in core brands, a slashing of expenses, and an international acquisition program. The plan... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- Portrait Project
Esther Hsu
and about myself. They remind me that I cannot always plan my life — I must take moments in stride, the good and bad, and with all the twists. With a little moxie, I will follow God's path for me, relying on the lessons from my past. I... View Details
- January 2025
- Case
North Forty: Managing Liquidity Through Change
By: Luis M. Viceira and Brad Towne
This case explores the interaction between spending and investment decisions at a family office, specifically the family office of Jeff and Tricia Raikes, with special emphasis on the management of spending, portfolio investments, and asset liquidity in the presence of... View Details
Keywords: Family Office; Forecasting and Prediction; Asset Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Spending; Planning
Viceira, Luis M., and Brad Towne. "North Forty: Managing Liquidity Through Change." Harvard Business School Case 225-061, January 2025.
- February 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Casuarinas Educational Corporation
By: Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson and Matthew C. Leib
Casuarinas has developed a very successful elementary, now secondary, school based on excellence in teaching, service, and multilingual education. Peru lacks similar high-quality post-secondary institutions. This case focuses on the potential entry of Casuarinas into... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Education Industry; Peru
Roberts, Michael J., Howard H. Stevenson, and Matthew C. Leib. "Casuarinas Educational Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-083, February 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Building Your Own Dream Team
This era of social networking would surely have been invented by Keith Ferrazzi (MBA ’92) had it not sprouted on its own. Ferrazzi is well known as a professional networker in the best (or worst, depending on whom you’re talking to) HBS tradition — his Rolodex is as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
I ALWAYS REFER TO myself as the accidental publisher. My dad's side of the family has owned the paper since 1896. But my mom divorced my dad when I was six, and we moved to Arizona. My dad had no real presence in my life. I came up in the summers to work at the Times,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit
CLOSING THE GAP: Bill George makes a point about how business leaders often are chosen for the wrong reasons. He’s flanked by moderator Jonathan Kelly (HBS ’08) and HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. From Enron and WorldCom to Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq War, this... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Innovation has a New Home: The Harvard Innovation Lab
understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation. Teams enrolled in Commercializing Science, a course that draws students from across Harvard to pursue multidisciplinary projects directed at moving research from the lab to the marketplace, and those participating in... View Details
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Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator - Health Care
leading to more advancements. The issue they discovered was that the structure of the cure ecosystem wasn’t built around business efficiencies. Organizations, which are often solely research-focused, could achieve so much more by building and implementing comprehensive... View Details
Samuel C. Johnson II
Taking the helm of the family business in 1966, Johnson began a diversification plan to lessen the company’s exposure to the introduction of “no-wax” floors. He aggressively moved the company into the personal care field and developed a... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 12 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Ignacio Lartirigoyen (MBA 2020) Talks Family Business, Bringing Children to HBS, and Agribusiness
Ignacio Lartirigoyen (MBA 2020) made the decision to bring his family to the United States to pursue an MBA, and strengthen his skills. Originally anticipating a competitive environment, he realized that HBS would be a welcoming and exciting community for his family.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
What’s New in Educational Innovation? A Few Highlights
first-year MBA students. The bootcamp uses a learning-by-doing approach to build skills required to succeed as an early-stage entrepreneur. Other topics such as coding and financial analysis are planned for future programs. HBX Two New... View Details